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01/12/2024
Newsmax Quietly Inks Carriage Renewals
Newsmax’s dust-up last year with DirecTV is behind the news network. It enters 2024 with carriage renewals in place with its five largest distributors: Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, DISH and Verizon Fios.
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09/21/2023
Rupert Murdoch to Step Down, Shift Role in November
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. The move will go into effect in mid-November at the annual general meeting of shareholders for each company, where Murdoch will be appointed to the new role of Chairman Emeritus of each company.
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06/07/2023
Licht Stepping Down at CNN Amid Criticism
CNN Worldwide CEO/Chairman Chris Licht stepped down Wednesday after just over a year in the position. With him gone, CNN’s interim leadership team will include EVP, Talent and Content Development Amy Entelis; EVP, Editorial Virginia Moseley; EVP, U.S. Programming Eric Sherling and newly appointed COO David Leavy.
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03/22/2023
Newsmax Once Again Part of DirecTV Lineup
After nearly two months of public bickering, Newsmax is returning to DirecTV’s video offerings. Despite its best efforts to get an annual per sub fee of $1, it looks like the conservative news network won’t be getting any money from DirecTV.
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03/08/2023
Newsmax, DirecTV – Week 6
It’s been 42 days since DirecTV dropped Newsmax from its lineup, and there’s still bickering over whether the move was financial as DirecTV argues or political as Newsmax claims.
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02/17/2023
DirecTV, Newsmax Could be Industry Bellwether
While the DirecTV-Newsmax saga has an obvious impact on the two companies, there are plenty of others with a vested interest in how this plays out. Several other MVPDs have deals to renew with Newsmax and DirecTV may set the precedent.